Bangladesh body search ends; death toll placed at 1,127

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

SAVAR, Bangladesh -- Major Western brands embraced a safety plan that would require them to help pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the nearly three-week search for victims of the world's worst garment-industry disaster ended Monday with the death toll at 1,127.

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